Job overview

The post holder will work closely with the department to provide a comprehensive split role to the clinical service for the Community Diagnostics Centre and ward based clinical service to the Surgical pharmacy team.

The purpose of this role is to support the Pharmacy Department to deliver a safe and effective, patient centred medicines management service to the Clinical Diagnostics Centre. Additionally the role will include taking medicines histories and completing medicines reconciliation, carrying out therapeutic drug monitoring, making therapeutic interventions within scope of practice, supply of medicines, final checking of medicines and counselling patients.

To be a role model for staff by actively promoting multidisciplinary team working between Pharmacy staff and those working in the Imaging and diagnostics department and Surgical Division. In addition management responsibilities will include line management of junior staff, assisting with the day to day running of the services and monitoring performance, of the service. The role will also involve making continuous improvements to the service using innovative techniques to develop the technician role and integrating completely in the multi-disciplinary team.

Please note that this role will require the candidate to travel between working sites - Hereford County Hospital & Community Diagnostics Centre  

Main duties of the job

Duties & Responsibilities
• Provide medicines management leadership for Community Diagnostic Centres and Imaging. To support Community Diagnostic Centres with reducing medicine related risks
• Support Imaging and Diagnostic leads in meeting Divisional and strategic objectives for medicines management.
• To oversee the development and management of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs and to ensure that safe and efficient services are provided to the Division.
• To lead on the delivery of projects and audits related to the safe and secure storage, handling and supply of medicines for Imaging and Diagnostics and ensure that the actions from these are embedded to drive continuous quality improvement.
• To support all aspects of medicines optimisation pertaining to diagnostic services and imaging; including but not limited to, the procurement of best value medicines, the optimal prescribing of contrast media, radiopharmaceuticals and supportive medicines.
• Work alongside the, Medicines Safety Officer & Lead Pharmacists, Imaging and Diagnostics modality managers and Matrons to find practical solutions that will enable healthcare professionals create an environment that promotes patient safety.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.